Rewire: Why Young Workers are Embracing Labor Unions

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Construction workers and union members hold a rally in Columbus Circle in New York City. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Reprinted from Rewire by Jamie Lynne Burgess on June 25, 2019.

In March 2019, the editorial staff at Gimlet Media became the first podcasting company to unionize when they joined the Writers Guild of America. The announcement came just a month after Gimlet was acquired by Spotify in a $230 million dollar deal.

Unionizing has been notoriously difficult for tech companies, according to Fast Company, but it could be the beginning of an industry-wide shift.